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Serious incident to the Kawasaki BK117 registered JA104W on 04/04/2025 at Taketa (Japan)

Loss of load under sling, during training flight for firefighting operations

Responsible entity

Japan - JTSB

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Japanese authorities:

During the training flight for firefighting operations, it dropped unintentionally the suspended helibucket with containing water (approximately 200 litters) over Inaba Dam in Taketa-city.